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Shawn Ross
The 7th best catcher in MLB The Show 26, out of 225 that we rate. He also plays second base, third base, left field, centre field and right field.
the worst catcher in the gamethe best
It is our own score for how good a card is. Rather than trust the number the game prints on the front, it reads the card's actual ratings — power, contact, fielding and the rest — and weighs them the way the game appears to. It runs past 100 because those underlying ratings do.
Where this card's 99.2 comes from · How the whole thing was built
This card is locked to a pack or a program, so it never appears on the marketplace at any price. The only way to get it is to earn it. If you already have it, holding it costs you nothing — you could not sell it if you wanted to.
What he actually does
This card is an elite power hitter at 112, with 90 contact behind it. Average legs at 58. In the field he grades 74 with a 78 arm — average for a catcher.
Best at
- Powerelite #10 112
- Plate disciplineelite #27 112
- Blockingsolid #35 80
- Durabilityvery good #242 96
Worst at
- Baserunningvery poor #1,427 4
- Speedaverage #970 58
Quirks5 on this card
HomebodyPerforms better when playing at home
Breaking Ball HitterExcels at hitting breaking balls
UnfazedExcels at hitting with 2 strikes
Situational HitterExcels at driving in a runner from third with less than 2 outs
Day PlayerPerforms better when playing day games
Other Shawn Ross cardssame player, different card
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Every ratingthe game's own numbers, where 125 is the ceiling
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On the bases
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Small ball and health
Our rating reads the card's own ratings and weighs each one the way the game appears to. Nothing is hand-set. Across 1,564 hitters it lands within 0.93 of a point of the rating the game gives them.
It starts every hitter at 17.9 and adds the rest from here. How we know
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